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Another happy customer of 7 Day Shop. They're so cheap you can buy several for holidays etc. In use I never notice whether I am using them or the original Pentax one - both the OEM battery and the 7 Day Shop ones last for days and days.
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Buying a spare battery at 11/05/2012 - 17:30
Warning- critique coming!
I like the shadow play in the first, and the comp in the third. The boulder in the second is a bit of a composition killer IMHO: a brick wall on the centre of the frame. Unfortunately, for me the nd grad is a tad too strong in the shots too. It looks quite obvious, especially where it darkens the peaks. Perhaps a softer weaker grad would have been slightly better, or just exploit the DR of the K5 and do it in PP where the effect can be applied with more finesse.
I like the shadow play in the first, and the comp in the third. The boulder in the second is a bit of a composition killer IMHO: a brick wall on the centre of the frame. Unfortunately, for me the nd grad is a tad too strong in the shots too. It looks quite obvious, especially where it darkens the peaks. Perhaps a softer weaker grad would have been slightly better, or just exploit the DR of the K5 and do it in PP where the effect can be applied with more finesse.
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on A cloudy day in the Glyderau mountains at 06/05/2012 - 14:31
I don't remember any such consensus - the consensus was that we should stop arguing and that people who were stirring things up - irrespective of whether we agreed with the point they were making - should let it lie. These conflict points are thankfully rare but it seems bleedin' orbvious to me that you can't always discuss a piece of kit fully without occasional reference to other brands. Usually Pentax kit comes off better in such discussions, which rarely draws the Moderator's attentions.
However, the site has the right to impose whatever restrictions it wants on what can be discussed, and in all honesty, that's fair enough.
However, the site has the right to impose whatever restrictions it wants on what can be discussed, and in all honesty, that's fair enough.
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on K5 vs M4/3 at 05/05/2012 - 22:29
I'm forming the impression that Pentax DSLR's can handle higher voltages than the under-24V voltages that people tend to be most comfortable with. The problem is that Pentax do not officially confirm a 'safe' voltage. Still, using a 200V flash regularly would worry me a little...
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Cobra Auto 210 at 05/05/2012 - 22:04
Odd looking Daleks
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on An encounter with a couple of plastic security guards... at 04/05/2012 - 02:05
Excellent clouds and shadows in the first two!
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on A sparce week for landscape photographs in the Lake District at 29/04/2012 - 09:45
Gizzernl wrote:
Yeah he does it again. Too bad.
If one of you will pay me the original asking price, I will buy the lens at the new price and send it to you (insured post but ultimately at buyer's risk!)Yeah he does it again. Too bad.
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on FS: Pentax 43mm f1.9 Limited, Silver, Japan at 28/04/2012 - 12:05
Some amazing Q timelapse footage here, with some discussion in the comments thread of how the film-maker achieved it. (He uses combination of continuous shooting mode, for fluid movement of people/traffic etc, and Q's timelapse mode for clouds etc). I believe the Q will shoot timelapse and create a movie from it for you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdIOnkBcxfU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pymw8WjDVPA&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdIOnkBcxfU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pymw8WjDVPA&feature=relmfu
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I'm sorry but could you please explain the difference between a standard time-lapse, one requiring setting a time interval in the intervalometer and letting it run as long as you like, and one using continuous shooting ? From what I understand continuous shooting involves shooting several frames per second and storing them in the camera's buffer, but the limit of shots one can take before the buffer fills up is pretty small(30-40 on most SLRs I know). So how do you pull it off ?
TheUnchainedMind in reply to darwinfish105 7 months ago
When shooting the movement of clouds I use intervalometer. when shooting the movement of people and cars I use continuous shooting. Continuous shooting give fluid-like behavior of movements.
Pentax Q and K-5 has continuous shooting mode LOW. This mode can shoot over hundreds of images.
darwinfish105 in reply to TheUnchainedMind 7 months ago
I'm sorry but could you please explain the difference between a standard time-lapse, one requiring setting a time interval in the intervalometer and letting it run as long as you like, and one using continuous shooting ? From what I understand continuous shooting involves shooting several frames per second and storing them in the camera's buffer, but the limit of shots one can take before the buffer fills up is pretty small(30-40 on most SLRs I know). So how do you pull it off ?
TheUnchainedMind in reply to darwinfish105 7 months ago
When shooting the movement of clouds I use intervalometer. when shooting the movement of people and cars I use continuous shooting. Continuous shooting give fluid-like behavior of movements.
Pentax Q and K-5 has continuous shooting mode LOW. This mode can shoot over hundreds of images.
darwinfish105 in reply to TheUnchainedMind 7 months ago
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Time Lapse Video at 28/04/2012 - 11:46
That's a particularly hurlsome colour.
But not in pink...
Algernon wrote:
Further reinforces my thoughts that this is just a design excercise if it's a small system it should all go into one bag
Maybe it just needs a slightly larger bag? I think it's quite impressive when you consider the lens case is the size of a small makeup bag, and contains a standard zoom, telephoto zoom, fisheye, and two 'toy' lenses. Clearly it's just a way of encouraging people to buy all the lenses, when you only really need one or two. (I'd take the fisheye and standard lens).Further reinforces my thoughts that this is just a design excercise if it's a small system it should all go into one bag
But not in pink...
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on So what can we expect from the Q? at 25/04/2012 - 14:50
I had a great time in Tenerife (town and landscape shooting) with just the 15mm and the F35-70mm. A great lightweight combo. But as you have the 17-70, I'd go with just that, maybe adding the 35 f2.4 or 50 f1.7 for low light/shallow DOF. You'll not notice much difference between the 35 2.4 and the F35-70mm at equivalent f-stops but the speed of the 2.4 allows for shallower DOF.
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Cuba! at 25/04/2012 - 10:55
